| Paul and I skiied to Kelman hut for a few days of touring. There had been over 3m of snow in the previous week, but it had almost all blown away to the east on gale Westerlies, leaving a lot of icy terrain. Still good skiing, especially in the N facing bowl W of Mt Darwin. We tried to ski out before a storm hit (430mm of precipitation forecast in one day), and descended in the snow, then rain (turning the glacier ice to rivers of slush), then snow--30cm fell as we crossed the morraine. Glad to make it to Ball hut, especially as we had a long ski out to the village the next day! |
